"One of the assumptions built into these calls is that if the tech community would just nerd harder, a solution could be somehow magically found that preserved privacy and security while letting the ‘good guys’ have access. With all respect to the valuable work that law enforcement does to protect society, it’s equally as valid to as them to just police harder." https://www.mnot.net/blog/2024/04/29/power#futurology#art#technology#cyberpunk#innovation#change#futuretech#futurism
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😀 🎉Flexible batch electrodialysis for low-cost solar-powered brackish water desalination
Scientists have developed a new solar-powered system to convert saltwater into fresh drinking water which they say could help reduce dangerous the risk of waterborne diseases like cholera
"New portable solar power plants make it easier than ever to go off-grid. An entire plant of solar panels can be folded into a single shipping container.The power plant is easily deployed – and folded up again when it needs to move on."
Attacco agli ATM riuscito! Un Tasso del 99% di Efficacia Spaventa tutte le Banche Europee
Nello spazio #digitale si sta diffondendo attivamente un nuovo tipo di #malware#ATM. Il suo tasso di successo, secondo i suoi autori, raggiunge il 99%.
Questo #software dannoso, chiamato “EU ATM Malware”, è in grado di #hackerare quasi tutti gli sportelli #bancomat in #Europa e circa il 60% degli sportelli bancomat in tutto il mondo, il che rappresenta una #minaccia significativa per la sicurezza bancaria globale..
Das neue Swiss Financial Innovation Desk (FIND) führt seinen Flaggschiff-Event "SwissHacks" durch, einen Fintech-Hackathon, der von Tenity unterstützt und organisiert wird. Ziel von FIND ist es, Finanzinnovationen zu fördern und die Führungsposition der Schweiz in der globalen Finanzwelt zu festigen, indem die klügsten Köpfe innerhalb von 48 Stunden reale Probleme lösen und Prototyplösungen mit Unternehmen und Investoren verbinden.
The #CEO will be based in #Amsterdam and will be entrusted with the dual responsibilities of overseeing GÉANT’s day-to-day operations and guiding the long-term strategic direction of the organisation.
Researchers use reflectors underneath solar panels to boost solar power by 4.5%
"The University of Ottawa in collaboration with National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed an add-on to solar panels that increases their energy output by 4.5%"
So…the “Slack will now train AI using your data” thing is not as much of a five alarm fire as I’d first assumed:
“We do not develop LLMs or other generative models using customer data.” ← GOOD.
“Data will not leak across workspaces.” ← Or so they say. They •are• training across workspaces, but sounds like recommender systems and not generative models, so…we’ll see. Seems fraught. Still, that public commitment does mean something — legal exposure, at least.
The bad news: platform owners don’t have a vision and are out of ideas for how to innovate their #ecosystems, all in the name of #efficiency.
To paraphrase Jeff Goldblum’s character from Jurassic Park: The most brilliant minds of #engineering are optimized to execute and have not bothered to consider whether they should.
The good news: “real” #innovation will happen from the experienced middle, not the top.
l'arbre généalogique d'Emeline a été étudié. Dans ses ancêtres apparaît le Baron Drais, inventeur de la draisienne.
Un de ses enfants a ajouté une selle alors qu'il était à Paris, d'où le nom de ParisSelle draisienne, et a déposé ce nom en Parisselle, nom qu'il a adopté à l'état-civil.
des erreurs dans les actes d'état-civil suivants ont transformé ce nom en Parizel.